The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-08-13

huOptB no auecte0 or unnatural tones.
Her logic is clear. her language elegant.
She has graceful figure, and her every
movement is grace itself. 1t is rare
to find a speaker SO entirely free from
mannerisms and ungraceful gestures.
Those who failed to hear Miss Moore's
address missed one of the finest things
OF the camp meeting"
The White Cross Army.
At the Universalist church OF this city
Sunday afternoon, July "a, a meeting
was held in the interest of social purity
under the auspices OF the I. o. G.. L.
Not more than forty persons were pres
emit, owing to the great heat, together
with the fact that the subject was but
poorly understood by the general pub.
lie; and like all good reforms, has to
knock at our doors for long time be-
fore we give it public recognition. The
White Cross Army, said to be less than
seven years old, was organized in Eng
land by Miss Ellice Hopkins, whose af
fianced husband had been, previous to
his death, devoted to the work. In this
country the work was taken up by the
Y. M. @. A., after three years work in
England, and has been steadily growing
ever since. The w. @. T. o., including
their able President, Miss Frances Will
lard, are doing valiant service in behalf
of the cause, also. One of the objects of
the army is to secure better pay for
girls and women and thus prevent the
necessity, where but pittance is paid
them, of coming their virtue into bread.
The same pay for the same work, as we'll
done, as we give to men, is the just de-
mand made in behalf of girls and wo-
men. But this is but one phase OF the
work leading up to the high standard at
which they aim, namely that of securing
equal purity on the part of men, as men
exact at the hands of women whose
hands and hearts they would ask in the
holy bonds of wedlock. The army is
now said to have friends in every State
the pulpit, from the rostrum, through
literature, and especially in the over.
throw of the drink traffic, are the lines on
which their zeal finds scope, and eventu-
ally it must tell in the betterment of
humanity.
Prof. Van Laer and wife will leave
next week for a short visit to Auburn,
N. Y, the home of his parents. The
professor will return in time to be pres
emit at the opening of the fall term at
Buchtel, when his sketchlng classes will
resume their work.
Mrs. Susie Sheib has been appointed
instructor in voice culture in Buchtel,
during the next college year, in the place
of Miss Briggs. Mrs. Sheib has been
under the instruction. of the best Euro
pean masters and is teacher of large
experience.
The BelleUille Star gives the follow
ing interesting account of exercises at
Belleville on the 22d of July. This
church is ministered to by Rev. @. P.
Nash:
Rainbow Teaparty."
The "Rainbow Party given by the Uni
versalist Ladies' Aid Society was grand sue
cess, socially as we'll as financially. The
beautiful lawn of d. ]. Runmell was taste
fully decorated for the occasion. One of the
most interesting features was large rain
bow, good representation of the bow in the
east, at one end of which was bag of gold,
lin our childhood and since we have often
heard the remark that there was bag of
gold at the end of the rainbow, but could
never fully comprehend it until the present
occasional the other end was Cora Corn
we'll dressed in ancient costume who person
ated Rebecca at the we'll, while Harry Can
field with long flowing robe and shepherds
crook acted well the part of Isaac. 1t is
needless to say that the well afforded lemon
ade for the occasion. The tables, seven in
number, were arranged in semi circle each
one decorated in some particular color of the
rainbow. The ladies who presided over the
table were dressed in white and wore colored
ribbons and boquets in keeping with the color
of the table to which they had been assigned.
The dainty little cap worn on the head of
each lent charm to their appearance. Bat
no less attractive we're the Misses who assisted
in waiting on table. They also we're dressed
in white with decorations to correspond with
the table which they represented. They
were fourteen in number giving two to each
table. Nor must we forget the little ones,
seven in number, representing the violet, in
digo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.
They presented very attractive appearance
as they fitted here and there with their bas-
kets of flowers furnishing boquets to all who
wished. The trees which formed beautiful
canopy overhead were lit up with Chinese
lanterns, while two bands furnished most
delightful music. Take it all in all, it was a
most enjoyable affair.
AT Peru, Br. Nash had the pleasure
of receiving by the rite OF baptism two
members of the church last Sunday. He
has two grove meetings planned, to be
held this month, of which the readers of
TIE UNIvERsALIsT will be duly inform
ed.
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